Trustee Rick Alva said he thought it likely would wind up getting filled with oilfield workers.

Gillen said there would be business from oilfield workers, but with it right along I-76, it should draw in travelers, too. He said he thought it would "get lots of business" with that location.

"We're dealing with people who need something right away," he said, and the RV park would be a convenient place to stop for a night.

He also pointed out that the oilfield business had changed substantially from the past, with workers getting drug tested regularly leading to "a different quality of clientele" from that industry.

"Laundry, showers and restroom facilities are huge for them, and we have to keep it up," Gillen said, adding that they likely would have a recreation room with maybe a pool table and television, as well as a general maintenance room offering washer fluid, replacement belts, etc.

He also assured the board that there would be rules and regulations enforced, which was part of the Good Sam or KOA rating, and that there would be an on-site manager/maintenance employee.

"We have a feeling that if we put together a nice park, with wide spaces, some landscaping and laundry facilities, we will wind up with better clientele," McCormich said.

Trustee Michael Carlson told Gillen and McCormich that the board was interested in seeing their plan, and then they would consider it.

"I think we'd entertain it," he said.

"We all want to see things that could be a benefit for the town," Parker said.

Gillen added that if they brought in one RV park and it "took off," there were other properties around town that could be bought for expansion.

Trustee Shawn Greenwell definitely liked what he was hearing from the RPR representatives.

"We're very interested," he told them.

Parker invited them to bring back a more formal plan to the board's Sept. 3 work session, which they seemed eager to do.

Public works

Public Works Director Bert Kammerzell reported on several large expendituress likely coming up before long.

He explained that the break in the water main on Pine Street was just the latest in a series of breaks in that line, partly due to how old it was and partly due to it being a 4-inch pipe trying to serve a 6-inch pipe's worth of water residents' taps. Kammerzell said he expects another break in this line in January with deep freezes.

"We can't keep doing this," he said of the constant repairs to that and several other old water lines. "One of these times, it's going to pop where we can't fix it."

He urged the trustees to "start talking about that and come up with a game plan."

Kammerzell also reported that the town's mosquito sprayer "died," as its metering pump was no longer working and parts were not readily available. He said he was looking for a solution, but that he could not spray right now.

The town's snow plow trucks were also in need of work, he said, with the plow on the pickup truck needing a new blade and the big snow plow's blade causing road damage each time it is used by "digging a trench, not just plowing."

The sander on the big plow also is down, Kammerzell said, but he would look for parts for this and see if he could repair it.

He also reported that some wire was stolen from old, back-up aerators and mixers at the town lagoons. The thief or thieves cut a hole in the fence and then took the wire, he said, but the equipment was not hooked up at the time, so it did not cause further problems. He told the board he had mended the fence.

Other reports

Parker reported that the first National Night Out barbecue and Kids At Their Best picnic "was a big success. He thanked people for their donations and said he hopes to make it an annual event for the town. The mayor also reported that the new flagpole had arrived and would be installed soon.

Marshal Fred Cook requested that the town put off buying any new radios now and saving that money for when all of the town's public safety radios would need replaced to meet the new standards. He said this likely would wind up being a $12,000 to $15,000 overall cost. "As of yet, we haven't been hit" with any costs, and "we can still get them repaired," Cook said of the existing radios, but he warned that five years from now that likely would not be the case.